Macarons and Third Eye Blind: Saturday at LAFW
Cooking demos, a birthday cake, and Third Eye Blind—Saturday had it all at Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival. The festivities kicked off with a series of cooking demos from top chefs like Guy Fieri, Dean Fearing, and Wolfgang Puck. The latter two teamed up with pastry chef extraordinaire Francois Payard for a star-studded, three-part demo in a grand ballroom at L.A. Live’s J.W. Marriott. Chef Puck set the tone, cheering guests with champagne... Read More
Andrew Zimmern and Kogi BBQ: Friday’s Asian Night Market at LAFW
Downtown’s L.A. LIVE became the setting for a vibrant Asian Night Market on evening two of Los Angeles Food & Wine, hosted by a gregarious Andrew Zimmern (Travel Channel’s “Bizarre Foods”). An abundance of Asian-inspired dishes spanned cultures and regions, bringing the flavors of authentic night markets from Taipei to Kuala Lumpur to the event. More than two dozen chefs, restaurants and eateries matched an array of cooling cocktails,... Read More
Giada’s Festa Italiana and the Kick Off of LAFW
Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival celebrated the beginning of a food-filled weekend with Giada De Laurentiis hosting some of the country’s best Italian chefs and their unique interpretations of Italian cuisine. Giada’s Festa Italiana was a veritable feast, pairing pasta, pizza, burrata and more with more than 200 wines, brews and spirits. Next door to The Cosmopolitan’s two-story popup, The Slice, star chef Scott Conant dished up delicious... Read More
Decadence: The Sweetest After Party at Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival
When an event is called “Decadence,” and hosted by Pastry Chef Superstar Sherry Yard, you expect something extraordinary. Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival’s Sweetest After Party didn’t disappoint. Lit with neon lights and sprinkled with oversized lamps as heaters, guests enjoyed delectable sweets to beats from Questo (Questlove) of The Roots. In the chilly October night, the seasonal influence popping up in many desserts was on point;... Read More
Wolfgang Puck’s Sunday Brunch & Charity Auction at Hotel Bel-Air #LAFW
Hot on the heels of the Hotel Bel-Air’s highly anticipated re-opening, gastronomes and tastemakers alike gathered together to show support for a worthy cause. Master chef and philanthropist Wolfgang Puck created a fitting finale to the Los Angeles Food & Wine weekend of festivities with an inaugural weekend brunch and charity auction. A mild, sunny afternoon set the stage for arguably the most lavish brunch of the year, featuring a lineup... Read More
LA Food & Wine Festival’s Grand Tasting
The event deck at L.A. LIVE was filled with culinary talent for two days as the Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival celebrated the weekend with the first annual “Lexus Grand Tasting.” Over 20 restaurant participated in the event over Saturday and Sunday, offering up delicious small bites from savory pumpkin pie soup from Chef Graham Elliot (Graham Elliot) to the perfect summer paella from Chef Joe Miller (Joe’s Restaurant) to pork and veal... Read More
LIVE on the Plaza: LA Food & Wine
What do Chef Nobu Matsuhisa, the band Train, and a whole lot of pork have in common? They were all in the limelight of last night’s LIVE on the Plaza event at Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival. To call LIVE on the Plaza a party would hardly do it justice, with 30 chefs and over 100 wineries serving their finest while Train provided the sing-along music, and towards the end of the night, a hearty dose of comedy as well. The event was as star-studded... Read More
I Heart Champagne & Caviar #LAFW
If diamonds are a girl’s best friend, then caviar and champagne are the soul mates of a foodie. Arguably Los Angeles Food & Wine’s most luxurious event, I Heart Champagne & Caviar at L’Ermitage Beverly Hills featured esteemed bubbly brands such as Champagne Dellamotte, Champagne Henriot, and Champagne Krug alongside California Caviar creations by Wolfgang Puck (Spago), Masaharu Morimoto (Morimoto), Joseph Elevado (Livello... Read More
The Red Carpet Premiere: Los Angeles Food & Wine #LAFW
The first mission of the first Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival, according to chef/founder Wolfgang Puck, is first: to support the important cause of St. Vincent’s Meals on Wheels. Second? To prove that LA is a fantastic food city, and last night’s grand Red Carpet Premiere kick-off set that tone, undeniably. Thirty chefs and over 200 wineries were lined up across LA Live’s grand Nokia Plaza, offering up tastings and inspired... Read More
Los Angeles Food & Wine
The Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival on October 13th-16th, 2011, will bring together 200 world-class wineries and 100 celebrity chefs from around the globe with entertainment, sports, and music celebrities for a four-day culinary event spanning the scope of the greater Los Angeles area. Famed chefs participating in the citywide celebration are among the country’s finest, including Thomas Keller, Daniel Boulud, Wolfgang Puck, Masaharu Morimoto, Tyler... Read More
